Mushrooms Casino For A Crowd

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 125 mushrooms
• 1 lb lean bacon, chopped
• 1 lb lamb sausage
• 5 onions, finely diced (about 2 cups)
• 1 lb celery, finely diced
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce (louisanna style)
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 5 teaspoons old bay seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs, toasted (we used italian)
• 1 cup corn oil

Recipe

• 1 rinse mushrooms in a colander. pat dry with paper towels. remove the stem from each mushroom then hollow out the center of each mushroom cap. set caps aside. finely dice the stems and pieces.
• 2 heat a heavy frying pan over medium high flame. add bacon pieces & cook until almost done.(cooked but not crumbly).
• 3 remove bacon from pan and set aside. pour off all the bacon drippings & reserve.
• 4 add sausage to the pan and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes or until no longer pink. break up the sausage as it cooks.
• 5 stir onion & celery into sausage.
• 6 add hot sauce, worcestershire, reserved mushroom pieces, cooked bacon, and the old bay® seasoning.
• 7 stir and cook until all vegetables are soft, about 4 minutes.
• 8 add bread crumbs to pan and carefully mix. if necessary, add bacon drippings to mixture to bind all ingredients together to achieve a stuffing consistency.
• 9 pour oil into a small bowl. dipping a pastry brush into the oil, paint the outside of each mushroom cap.
• 10 place the caps on a sheet pan hollowed side up.
• 11 place an equal portion of the stuffing into each cap.
• 12 at this point, these can be covered & refrigerated for later use. if chilled, bring back to room temp before proceeding.
• 13 broil until lightly browned or bake at 350°f for 10 to 12 minutes.